§ 5707. — Waiver authority.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 49USC5707]
TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 57--SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 5707. Waiver authority
(a) General Authority.--After consultation required by section 5709
of this title, the Secretary of Transportation may waive any part of
this chapter or regulations prescribed under this chapter for a class of
persons, motor vehicles, rail vehicles, cosmetics, devices, drugs, food,
food additives, or nonfood products, if the Secretary decides that the
waiver--
(1) would not result in the transportation of cosmetics,
devices, drugs, food, or food additives that would be unsafe to
humans or animals; and
(2) would not be contrary to the public interest and this
chapter.
(b) Publication of Waivers.--The Secretary shall publish in the
Federal Register any waiver and the reasons for the waiver.
(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 857.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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5707.................................. 49 App.:2807. Nov. 3, 1990, Pub. L. 101-500, Sec. 8,
104 Stat. 1216.
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In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``any part of'' are
substituted for ``in whole or in part'' for consistency in the revised
title. The words ``application of any provision of'' are omitted as
surplus. The word ``refuse'' is omitted as unnecessary because of the
definition of ``nonfood product'' in section 5702 of the revised title.
The word ``decides'' is substituted for ``determines'' for consistency
in the revised title. In clause (2), the word ``otherwise'' is omitted
as surplus.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 5709 of this title.
